Essex Police Investigate First - Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP)

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Essex Police Investigate First - Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP)

Our detectives , could you?

Could you compassionately support someone who has just been seriously assaulted, had a family member murdered, been robbed at knifepoint or sexually abused?

Do you have the mind-set to investigate serious or complex crimes, build a case to put before a judge and lock up the county's most serious or violent offenders?

Join us as a Police Constable and train to become a detective. You will be responsible for upholding the law, responding to live and serious incidents, seeking out and securing evidence needed to build a case for the prosecution, protecting people from harm and delivering justice to victims using the full power of the law.

Like our detectives, you will need to be driven by your motivation to help keep people safe, act with integrity and honesty, and be guided by a high moral compass. You will also not be deterred by working long hours or investigating serious, challenging crimes.

Join Essex Police as a police officer and you'll receive a starting salary of £32,907 (including £3,000 South East allowance). There is an annual incremental salary increase up to £51,231 within seven years, along with a number of other benefits.

To join the Investigate First Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP), you must:

• have, or be working towards obtaining, an Honours degree (level 6) qualification or above, in any subject (apart from the pre-join degree: Degree in Professional Policing), from a recognised higher education establishment. Candidates who apply pending completion of their qualification must receive formal confirmation of their official grade by the end of the current academic year.
• meet the eligibility criteria for becoming a police officer and pass the online assessment. See the College of Policing website for more information.

We have agreed intake sizes for each of our entry routes. If oversubscribed, it may be necessary to make changes to your entry route to secure your optimum joining date. If this is the case, we will contact you.

Our officers fit the bill, could you?

Inclusive of £3000 South East Allowance

All of our posts require vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process, you will be sent vetting information forms to complete.

Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process. For further information regarding this position, please email us at with 'Application Support and Adjustments' in the email title. Alternatively, you can call us on .

Where appropriate, we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements, and/or the working environment, provided it is reasonable in all circumstances to do so.

If you're not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain.

If you're from the UK, you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn't apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

Essex Police is an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.